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While Wills' research found "dead" balls at parks around the country, the "Goldilocks" balls — with a more batter-friendly weight profile — only turned up at Yankees games and marquee events like the postseason or games using balls with commemorative stamps.
 

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While Wills' research found "dead" balls at parks around the country, the "Goldilocks" balls — with a more batter-friendly weight profile — only turned up at Yankees games and marquee events like the postseason or games using balls with commemorative stamps.
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In the sample we accumulated, nearly all of our specialty-marked balls were Goldilocks, while the standard, MLB-stamped balls were almost always the dead ball.

There were, however, 20 exceptions — Goldilocks balls that bore no specialty markings on their covers. We found:

Nine in the postseason across four playoff rounds;
11 obtained from Yankees games.
 
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According to two sources familiar with MLB's ball shipment process, the league not only directs where its balls are sent, it also knows which boxes its game compliance monitors – league employees tasked with ensuring each team adheres to league rules – approve and use before each game starts.
 

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